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Venturing Leader Specific Training-Session 1 PowerPoint slides Slide 1

BOY SCOUTS. OF AMERICA

Contents

Topic

Introduction

Session One-Here's Venturing

Session Two-Understanding and Protecting Youth

Session Three-Leadership and Organization

Session Four-Awards and Recognitions

Session Five-Resources and Program Planning

Appendix

Session 1, slide 2

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Introduction

Course Format

This training is designed to introduce adult Venturing crew leaders to the basic information needed to operate a crew. The training is divided into five sessions: (1) Here's Venturing, (2) Understanding and Protecting Youth, (3) Leadership and Organization, (4) Awards and Recognitions, and (5) Resources and Program Planning.

The course can be offered in five separate sessions, in two longer sessions, or in one day with a lunch break. The total time necessary is about five hours. This course can be held indoors or in a camp retreat setting.

Who Should Attend?

Audiovisuals

Appendix

Materials Needed

New crew chartered organization personnel, Venturing crew Advisors, associate Advisors, crew committee members, commissioners, and other adults involved with Venturing should attend.

The videotape New Crew Fast Start, used in sessions 1 and 3, and both Youth Protection videos are available through your BSA local council. Instructors should preview these videotapes prior to the training session.

The appendix of this training course is designed for BSA local council reproduction. The items may be used as handouts and/or overheads.

VCR with monitor

Flip chart or blackboard

Overhead projector (if desired)

New Crew Fast Start videotape, AV-03V013

Youth Protection Guidelines: Training for Adult Venturing Leaders, AV-03V014

Youth Protection: Personal Safety Awareness, AV-09V027

The following items should be reproduced and distributedone per participant-when called upon in the training:

Charts 1-11, 13, and 16-20

Charts 14 and 15-two copies per participant

Chart 12-for instructor only

The following items should be ordered and given to each participant when called upon in the training:

Venturing Fast Start, No. 25-878-available on 8SA Web site

Venturing Highlights, No. 25-200 National Venturing Awards and Recognition Program,

No. 25-884 Take Adventure to the Limit pamphlet, No. 83-150 Venturing Leader Progress Record, No. 25-856-available

on 8SAWeb site Trained Leader emblem, No. 00280 Training course pocket certificate, No. 33767 A Advisor Award of Merit Application, No. 25-013-available

on BSA Web site

The following items should be used as displays:

Bronze Award Certificate, No. 33666

Gold Award Certificate, No. 33665

Silver Award Certificate, No. 33664

Ranger Award Certificate, No. 33663

Advisor Award of Merit Certificate, No. 33661

The following items should be made available for purchase at the training:

Venturer Handbook, No. 33493

Venturing Leader Manual, No. 346558

Guide to Safe Scouting, No. 344168

Ranger Guidebook, No. 3128A

Venturing Leadership Skills Course, No. 34340A

Sea Scout Manual, No. 332398

Passport to High Adventure, No. 43101

Session One

Here's Venturing

Session 1, slide 3

Purpose

Materials Needed

Time Needed

The purpose of this session is to provide Advisors with an introduction to the mission of the Venturing program and the Boy Scouts of America.


Charts 1-5 (see appendix; reproduce for handouts and/or make overheads)

Overhead projector, if desired

Venturing Leader Manual, No. 34655B


45 minutes

START OF SESSION

Welcome and Introductions

Show first minute and 30 seconds of the New Crew Fast Start videotape, AV-03V013. Do not rewind.

Introduce yourself and other trainers. Give each participant time to introduce him or herself.

Reflection

Session 1, slide 4 Tell your group one thing about being an Advisor you are looking forward to and one thing about being an Advisor that worries you.

What is the Mission of the BSA?

Session 1, slide 5

Chart 1 BSA Mission Statement

Session 1, slide 6 The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

What does it mean to "prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices" and "instill values"?

Chart 2 The Venturing Oath, The Venturing Code

Session 1, slide 7

Session 1, slide 8

Session 1, slide 9

What Is Venturing?

Session 1, slide 10

Venturing Uniform

Session 1, slide 11

Venturing is the young-adult program of the Boy Scouts of America for young men and women who are aged 14 (and have completed eighth grade) to 20. Venturing units are called crews; adults are called Advisors. The youth leader is the president. The program is developed by local community organizations such as churches, civic groups, and educational and business institutions that match the interests of young adults with the program resources of the organization. These organizations are called chartered organizations.

There is no universal official uniform. The recommended uniform is the spruce green shirt with green epaulet tabs and gray backpacking-style shorts or gray casual pants. However, the uniform, if any, is the choice of the crew.

Chart 3 Venturing's Unique Place in the Boy Scouts of America

Session 1, slide 12

Emphasize: A Venturing crew is a stand-alone unit that can be coed and has an advancement program, etc. A Venture patrol is an optional patrol within a troop for older Boy Scouts.

Chart 4 Charter Agreement to Organize a Venturing Crevv

Session 1, slide 13

Chartered organizations support Venturing crews in three major ways. They provide the following:

1. A program inventory of adults who are willing to provide program help with hobbies, skills, careers, facilities, and ideas

2. Adult leaders who organize the program inventory and serve as Advisors to the crew's elected youth leaders

3. Meeting facilities

Venturing Crevv

BSA Local Council

The Venturing crew is a youth-led organization that recruits members, elects officers, and plans programs based on the organization's program inventory. Adult Advisors provide training and guidance for the crew's elected officers.

The BSA local council recruits a volunteer Venturing committee and assigns staff members to provide the following services for the chartered organization's crew:

1. Leadership training for adult and elected officers

2. Guidance on how to organize a crew and keep the program going successfully

3. Methods for recruiting Venturers, including an interest survey of local high school students

4. Regular communication with each crew to provide program support

5. Use of council facilities such as camps and equipment

6. Planning of councilwide activities that enrich the crew's program

7. Liability insurance coverage

Chart 5 The Methods of Venturing

Session 1, slide 14

The aims of the Boy Scouts of America are to build character, develop citizenship, and foster personal fitness. The Venturing methods have been carefully designed to achieve the aims of the Boy Scouts of America and meet the needs of young adults.

1. Adult association

Youth officers lead the crew. The officers and activity chairs work closely with adult Advisors and other adult leaders in a spirit of partnership. Adults serve in a shadow leader capacity.

2. Leadership

All Venturers are given opportunities to learn and apply proven leadership skills. A Venturing crew is led by elected crew officers. The Venturing Leadership Skills Course is designed for all Venturers and helps to teach in an active way to effectively lead.

3. Recognition

Recognition comes through the Venturing advancement program and through the acknowledgment of a youth's competence and ability by peers and adults.

4. Ideals

Venturers are expected to know and live by the Venturing Oath and Code. They promise to be faithful in religious duties, to treasure their American heritage, to help others, and to seek truth and fairness.

5. Group activities

Venturing activities are interdependent group experiences in which success is dependent on the cooperation of all. Learning by doing in a group setting provides opportunities for developing new skills.

6. High adventure

Venturing's emphasis on high adventure helps provide team-building opportunities, new meaningful experiences, practical leadership application, and lifelong memories to youllg adults.

7. Teaching others

All of the Venturing awards require Venturers to teach what they have learned to others. When they teach others, Venturers are often better able to retain the skill or knowledge that they have taught. They gain confidence in their ability to speak and relate to others and they acquire skills that can benefit them for the rest of their lives as a hobby or occupation.

Venturing Crevvs Nationvvide

Session 1, slide 15

Responsibilities

Eighty-five percent are outdoor oriented.

Eleven percent have a sports and hobbies focus.

Four percent are Sea Scout ships.

Session 1, slide 16 The specific responsibilities of an Advisor include:

• Fostering an environment within the Venturing crew that has a true sense of community and encourages everyone's growth and responsibility to one another

• Developing crew officers to lead-to plan, make decisions, and carry out a program of activities over an extended period

• Encouraging participation and support for the Venturing crew from the chartered organization, associate Advisors, crew committee, parents, and other adults in the community

• Upholding the standards and policies of the chartered organization and the Boy Scouts of America

• Providing the necessary framework for protecting the members of a crew from abuse

• Ensuring that activities are conducted within BSA safety guidelines and requirements. Advisors should be trained by the BSA.

• Seeking to cultivate within the members of a crew a capacity to enjoy life-to have fun through the Venturing experience

End of Session

Session Tvvo

Understanding and Protecting Youth

Venturing Leader Specific Training-Session 2 Slide 1

Purpose

Materials Needed

Time Needed

The purpose of this session is to learn about the characteristics of Venturing-age youth and to learn about safety and youth protection issues.

VCR with monitor


Chart 6, one copy for each participant

Overhead projector, if desired


Guide to Safe Scouting, No. 344168

Youth Protection training guidelines (four pages) from Youth Protection Guidelines:Training for Adult Venturing Leaders-one copy for each participant (located in the video folder)

Youth Protection Guidelines: Training for Adult Venturing Leaders videotape, AV-03V014

Youth Protection: Personal Safety Awareness videotape, AV-09V027

90 minutes

Activity One

Session 2, slide 2

Activity Tvvo

START OF SESSION

What is the purpose of Venturing? (15 minutes)

• High adventure

• Leadership skills

• Fun activities

• Community service

• Social experiences

Venturing is all those things and more, but the primary purpose is forming responsible and caring adults. The experiences and goals we described (written on the flip chart) help achieve that goal.

As Advisors, we can make a real difference in the lives of the young people in our crews if we are aware of the many developmental issues each Venturer is facing.

There are five important developmental issues that Venturers are facing.

Chart 6 Adolescent Developmental Issues

Session 2, slide 3 1. Experimentation

Venturers want to try out life! They want to experience a variety of social roles, responsibilities, values, and personalities. This can include risk-taking.

2. Movement from dependence to interdependence

Venturers are moving away from being dependent on parents, teachers, and other adults (including Advisors) and moving toward becoming interdependent with them.

3. Social relationships

Quality social interaction with others is as important for Venturers' health and well-being as it will be at any other time in their lives. The significance of their identity and experiences is in large part created by their social relationships.

4. Physiological changes and sexual maturity

Venturers are experiencing great physiological changes that influence their relationships with each other and with adults.

5. Reevaluation of values

Venturing-age youth are capable of thinking critically and analytically about their personal, family, and social values, making it possible for them to see inconsistencies in our values and leading to the search for opportunities for commitment to new values.

Understanding Young Adults

Session 2, slide 4

Session 2, slide 5

The first things we notice about young people:

• Size • Behavior

Many times we misjudge people based on these factors.

It is harder to know what is going on in their heads.

Teenagers deal with opposing emotions:

• They fear and crave independence.

• They face a constant struggle for power and independence.

• They want to be unique, but are affected by peer pressure.

We need to like young people enough to understand them. Everything in their world is changing so fast, including their bodies and emotions. Young people need a constant; they need something firm to hang on to; they need to be connected to understanding and caring adults. Look below the surface. We as youth leaders can recognize the moments we have in common with young people and be a positive influence.

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Leadership Styles for Advisors

Session 2, slide 6 Effective leadership styles or skills needed to lead 14- to 20-year-olds:

• Be a mentor.

• Be a coach. • Walk your talk.

• Be understanding of the teenage years and their search for autonomy.

• Be able to relate.

• Show mutual respect as a team member.

• Develop and demonstrate conflict management skills.

Protecting Our Youth (20 minutes)

Session 2, slide 7

• Page 4

• Page 5

• Page 8

• Page 11

• Page 15

• Page 25

• Page 28

Leadership Requirements forTrips and Outings, all eight items

Safe Swim Defense, report only on item No.1, Qualified Supervision

Safety Afloat, report only on the first paragraph under the Safety Afloat title

Scuba, first two paragraphs

Camping, third bulleted paragraph from top of page

Guns and Firearms, first two paragraphs and five items under Handguns

Cave Exploring

• Pages 28-29 Climbing and Rappelling, two paragraphs under Qualified Supervision

• Pages 30-31

• Page 36

• Page 38

• Page 40

Unauthorized and Restricted Activities

Medical Information, brief descriptions of classes 1, 2, and 3

Transportation, all 11 items under the title Automobiles

Tour Permits

Youth Protection Guidelines for Adult Leaders (25 minutes)

Session 2, slide 8

Youth Protection Personal Safety Avvareness (20 minutes)

Session 2, slide 9

Discussion

END OF SESSION

Session Three

Leadership and Organization


Purpose

Materials Needed

Time Needed

Introduction

The purpose of this session is to provide participants with an orientation on the leadership and organization required to operate a successful crew.


Charts 7-9-one copy for each participant

Venturing Leader Manual, No. 346558, page 37 -one copy for each participant


Venturing Leadership Skills Course, No. 34340A

50 minutes

START OF SESSION

The key to the success of a Venturing crew is informed, enthusiastic leaders, trained youth officers, and an exciting

Crevv Bylavvs

program of interest. We're going to talk about organization and leadership in this session.

Read the paragraphs under the heading IICrew Code and Bylaws" on page 36 of the Venturing Leader Manual. Photocopy and distribute page 37 if desired.

Chart 7 Typical Crevv Organization Chart

Session 3, slide 2

Adult Leaders

When an organization organizes a Venturing crew, its leadership agrees to recruit adult volunteer leaders. These consist of an Advisor, one or more associate Advisors, and a crew committee of three or more members, one serving as the chair of the committee. These leaders must be adult men and women 21 years of age or older who will guide the crew toward programs resulting in good character, citizenship, and fitness for Venturers.

The Crevv Committee

The Consultant

The Advisors

The crew committee recruits the Advisor and associate Advisors. The committee completes and maintains the program capability inventory, which we will talk about later. The committee obtains equipment, approves the crew's program, and helps with fund-raising and financial management. The committee usually meets monthly.

Consultants are used to provide technical expertise to the program activities being planned by the Venturing activity committees. They may be one-time-only participants and are often identified by the PCI. See page 21 of the Venturing Leader Manual for more information about the consultant.

The Advisors are the key to the success of the crew. They must match the interest of Venturers with the program

The Venturer

Officers

Activity Chairs

resources of the chartered organization. This is achieved by training the crew's elected officers to lead their crew, and by planning a relevant program guided by the Advisor and crew committee. Remember, the word Advisor was chosen carefully. The Advisor is a member of a team of adults that includes the associate Advisors and the crew committee. Advisors work with Venturers to bring about a unique and interesting program. The crew will be unsuccessful if the program becomes a one-person show.

The Advisor does not have to be an expert in the crew specialty. However, he or she must be a good example for youth and must be able to train and coach the crew's elected officers. He or she must have the full support of the chartered organization. There must be one or more associate Advisors and an active committee.

A Venturer is a young man or woman who has completed the eighth grade and is at least 14 years of age but not yet 21. He or she pays an annual registration fee, subscribes to the Venturing Oath and Code, attends regular meetings, and is a registered member of a chartered Venturing crew.

Young adults are invited to join Venturing crews by a variety of methods. Most councils conduct a hobby interest survey of high school students and provide the names to Venturing crew leaders, who issue a written invitation followed by a telephone call. Other methods include securing prospective names from school or church leaders, school announcements, posters, and other typical means of publicity.

The officers in a crew are those Venturers holding elected positions such as those listed in pages 9-16 of the Venturing Leader Manual. These Venturers are responsible for coordinating the process of planning and implementing the program. There are more complete job descriptions in chapter 1 of the Venturing Leader Manual.

Within the membership of the crew, activity chairs and committees are appointed to carry out specific program activities. This ensures that all crew members are involved in bringing about the crew program.

The Adult and Venturing Team

Officers' Briefing

Session 3, slide 3

Notice that across the organizational chart, there are equivalent Venturer and adult positions: The president works closely with the Advisor, the vice presidents work closely with the associate Advisors, the Venturing treasurer works closely with the crew committee treasurer, and the activity chair works closely with the consultants. No position is completely independent. Cooperation and teamwork between adults and youth is essential.

The officers' briefing is the time to establish the climate and values that you think are important, such as the emphasis on being in partnership with the officers, enthusiasm and fun, and trust and responsibility. It is also the time to get officers involved in implementing the three-month program.

Venturing Leadership Skills Course

Session 3, slide 4 The Venturing Leadership Skills Course was produced to help teach young adults the attitudes and skills that good leaders demonstrate.

It is designed to be taught to all Venturers in the crew. It is recommended that the crew Advisor and/or the crew officers conduct the course in an outdoor, retreat setting. It contains nine modules, each with an activity and a reflection.

Chart 8 HoW' to Conduct a Reflection

Session 3, slide 5

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Chart 9 Synergism Module 3-Knots (From Venturing Leadership Skills Course)

END OF SESSION

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Session Four

Avvards and Recognitions


Purpose

Materials Needed

Time Needed

The purpose of this session is to describe the Venturing awards and recognitions and emphasize their unique features.


Charts 10 and 11-one copy for each participant

Chart 12-for instructor only

Sixteen blank sheets of paper or 5" x 7" cards for game

Venturer Handbook, No. 33493

Ranger Guidebook, No. 3128

Sea Scout Manual, No. 332398


Venturing Advisor Award of Merit application, No. 25-013-available on 8SA Web site

Venturing Advisor Award of Merit certificate, No. 33661

National Venturing Awards and Recognition Program, No. 25-884

8ronze Award Certificate, No. 33666

Gold Award Certificate, No. 33665

Silver Award Certificate, No. 33664

Ranger Award Certificate, No. 33663

60 minutes

Introduction

Session 4, slide 2

Start of Session

In the first three sessions of this training, we talked about the aims and purposes of Venturing, the challenges facing Venturing-age youth, and the need to train our Venturers. Now we will discuss the need to recognize our young people for their achievements.

Status

Recognition

Achievement

Belonging

Youth experts tell us that the healthy progression of a young person into adult life follows the B.A.R.S. staircase shown above.

First, young people must feel a sense of belonging in a peer group, e.g., a Venturing crew. In that peer group they should be given opportunities to achieve something meaningful. The Venturing advancement program helps fulfill the recognition and status portions of the staircase. When young people are recognized for their achievements, it helps build self-esteem and creates status among their peers.

Chart 10 Venturing Advancement

Session 4, slide 3

The basic awards are the Venturing Bronze, Gold, and Silver awards, with the Silver being the highest. The requirements

can be found in the Venturer Handbook and the Venturing Leader Manual.

The Ranger Award is a stand-alone program for Venturers interested in pursuing challenging outdoor activities. The requirements can be found in the Ranger Guidebook.

The Quartermaster Award is the highest award that a Sea Scout can earn. Prior to earning the Quartermaster Award, a Sea Scout must progress through Apprentice, Ordinary, and Able ranks. Requirements for these can be found in the Sea Scout Manual.

Chart 11 Venturing Advancement Game

Session 4, slide 4

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Session 4, slide 5

Chart 12 Venturing Advancement Game Answers

Four Levels of Learning

Session 4, slide 6

Throughout the Bronze, Gold, Silver, and Ranger requirements you will find a unique method that helps Venturers retain what they've learned.

Four Levels of Learning Level 1-You Read it Level 2 -It is Taught to you Level 3-You Experience it Level 4-You Teach it to someone else

Studies show that we retain 85 percent when we teach a principle or skill to someone else.

Venturing advancement requires level 4.

• Ranger Guidebook: -Page 18, Leave NoTrace, 6(c)

-Page 20, Conservation, 8(b)

-Page 26, Cave Exploring, 10{b)

• Venturing Leader Manual, page 256, Youth Ministries Bronze Award, 2(b)

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Consultants

Session 4, slide 7 Consultants playa key role in the success of a Venturing crew. Advisors should seek help from local experts in the many hobbies and skills referred to in the Venturing advancement program.

A consultant is a person who has special skills, equipment, facilities, or contacts in an interest area related to the crew program. In Venturing they fill an important role similar to the role of the merit badge counselor in a Boy Scout troop.

Consultants should be registered as adult volunteers or as merit badge counselors in your council/district.

Remember: One-on-one involvement between adults and youth members is prohibited.

Conducting Boards of Revievv

Session 4, slide 8

Session 4, slide 9

Male Venturers attaining the ranks of Star or Life or an Eagle Palm must appear before a board of review. The board of review may be conducted by the troop or the crew if the young man is registered in both units.

The board of review consists of at least three and not more than six members of the troop or crew committee. One member serves as chairman. The crew Advisor, associate Advisor, relatives, or guardians may not serve as members of the boa rd of review.

The review has three purposes:

1. To make sure that the work has been learned and completed

2. To check to see what kind of experience the young man is having in the crew

3. To encourage the Venturer to advance to the next rank

The review is not an examination; it is a review and should last no more than 15 minutes.

The Eagle board of review follows the procedure established by the local council.

Conducting Crevv Revievvs

Session 4, slide 10 Crew reviews are required for Venturers working on the Gold and Silver awards.

After completing all other requirements, the candidate should prepare evidence of completion of the work and submit it to the crew Advisor. The crew president, in conjunction with the crew Advisor, should then appoint a review committee of four to six people including Venturers and adults.

The committee should review the candidate to determine whether that person grew as a result of the pursuit of the award.

To obtain any Venturing awards, the standard advancement report must be completed and turned in to the council office.

Venturing Advisor Avvard of Merit

Session 4, slide 11 This award is based on training, quality program, youth leadership development, youth retention, and success with Venturing. The Advisor must be nominated by the crew president and the committee chair.

In addition to the certificate, a square knot is available. It is the same square knot currently awarded for the Scoutmaster Award of Merit. A Venturing pin device, No. 00940, is available to attach to the square knot, signifying that the award was earned in Venturing.

END OF SESSION

Session Five

Resources and Program Planning


Purpose

Materials Needed

Time Needed

This session illustrates how to use Venturing literature and resources to plan an exciting crew program.


Venturing Leader Manual, No. 34655B

Passport to High Adventure, No. 4310

Charts 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20-one per person

Charts 14 and 15-two copies per person

Venturing Fast Start, No. 25-878-one per person-available on BSA Web site

Venturing Highlights, No. 25-200-one per person

Take Adventure to the Limit, No. 83-150-one per person

Trained Leader emblem, No. 00280-one per person

Training course pocket certificate, No. 33767A-one per person

Venturing Leader Progress Record, No. 25-856-one per person-available on BSA Web site

60 minutes

Introduction

Session 5, slide 2

Start of Session

In a recent survey conducted by the national office of the BSA, youth members who had dropped out of Scouting were asked why they quit. Who would like to guess what the No. 1 reason was?

The No.1 reason given by youth no longer in Scouting was boring den meetings, boring troop meetings, and boring crew meetings.

We all know that the principal reason that meetings are boring is poor planning.

"lf you fail to plan, you plan to fail."

Planning is a discipline that we often ignore or try to shortcut.

We've all heard the expression "shooting from the hip:' Many of us have perfected the art of shooting from the hip.

With younger children we can often get away with this type of leadership. Experience has shown that young adults ages 14 to 20 are more sophisticated and critical of poorly planned meetings and leaders.

Your job as a Venturing adult leader is to be aware of the resources available and to effectively use them to help your crew officers plan and implement an exciting yearlong program that will attract and retain youth.

Chart 13 Crevv's Program Planning Process

Session 5, slide 3 Now we are going to learn the eight steps of effective planning.

Tell participants that all the forms related to planning in a Venturing crew can be found in this packet.

Step 1 Chart 14 Program Capability Inventory

Each Venturing crew uses resources from its chartered organization and various adults with the crew as well as the surrounding community. The program capability inventory surveys these adults to determine what skills or resources they could provide to the crew program.

This survey is conducted prior to the crew officers' seminar (annual planning retreat).

Step 2 Chart 15 Venturing Activity Interest Survey

This survey is also conducted prior to the crew officers' seminar (annual planning retreat).

Step 3 Brainstorm

Planning Activity

Group 1 Take five minutes and each of you individually complete the program capability inventory, PCI. Then appoint a scribe to recap on one sheet of paper the specific hobbies, skills, occupations, and special program assistance that the group can provide.

Group 2 Take five minutes and each of you individually complete the activity interest survey (both sides). Put yourself in the mind of a youth as you complete this survey. Then appoint a scribe to recap on one sheet of paper the specific interests and the combined results of the alphabetical list that the group has collectively suggested.

Steps 4, 5, and 6 Match Adult Survey (pel) With Youth Survey

Fill in the Gaps

Schedule the Activities

Chart 16 Annual Program Flovv

Chart 17 Draft Venturing Crew Annual Plan

The draft annual plan is the foundation that allows the crew Advisors and officers to create, every month, a working three-month calendar.

Chart 18 Five-Month Plan

Step 7 Select Venturing Chairpersons and Adult Consultants

When the "skeleton" annual plan has been generated, select an adult consultant and a youth activity chair to plan and conduct each event.

Too many Venturing crews are "one-man bands"-one adult Advisor unable or unwilling to delegate. Units operated this way don't last very long, and the leaders burn themselves out.

Step 8 Follow-Up Is Vital! Assume Nothing I

Without constant follow-up, a plan will fall apart. When an adult or a youth agrees to help plan and implement an event in the future, don't wait until the planned event to discover that nothing was done. Canceling events due to poor planning destroys morale in the unit.

The crew Advisor and youth president should follow up regularly with delegated tasks.

Chart 19 Open House Sample Agenda

Session 5, slide 4

Session 5, slide 5 The open house has two purposes:

1. Introduce potential new members to your crew

2. lVIake the crew feel good about who they are and what they are about

Additional Resources

Questions?

Session 5, slide 6

This pamphlet promotes the BSA's national high-adventure bases.

Chart 20 What's Next?

Session 5, slide 7

Closing

This training course will be effective only if each of you internalizes the concepts and determines to implement them.

While the principles, concepts, ideas, etc., are fresh in your mind, write down specific steps (goals) you hope to accomplish in the next 90 days.

• With the crew officers, conduct the Venturing Leadership Skills Course.

• Conduct an exciting open house.

• Conduct the PCI and activity interest survey in my crew and create a workable annual plan.

• ConductYouth Protection training in my crew.

• Train my crew officers.

• Recruit one of the parents in my crew to assemble a consultant list.

You came today to get trained. But more important, you came today to make a difference in the lives of young people.

With the knowledge gained from this training course and your own personal dedication and leadership, you can in a very significant way affect the future of our country.

Session 5, slide 8

Session 5, slide 9

Abraham Lincoln said:

"A child is a person who is going to carryon what you have started. He is going to sit where you are sitting and, when you are gone, attend to those things which you think are most important. You can create all the policies you please, but how they are carried out depends on him.

"He will assume control of your cities, states, and nations. He is going to move in and take over your churches, schools, universities and corporations ... the fate of humanity is in his hands:'

END OF SESSION

Venturing Leader Specific TrainingAppendix

CONTENTS

Chart 1: BSA Mission Statement

Chart 2: The Venturing Oath and Code

Chart 3: Venturing's Unique Place in the Boy Scouts of America

Chart 4: Charter Agreement to Organize a Venturing Crew

Chart 5: The Methods of Venturing

Chart 6: Adolescent Developmental Issues

Chart 7: Typical Crew Organization Chart

Chart 8: How to Conduct a Reflection

Chart 9: Synergism Module 3-Knots (From Venturing Leadership Skills Course)

Chart 10: Venturing Advancement

Chart 11: Venturing Advancement Game

Chart 12: Venturing Advancement Game Answers

Chart 13: Crew's Program Planning Process

Chart 14: Program Capability Inventory

Chart 15: Venturing Activity Interest Survey

Chart 16: Annual Program Flow

Chart 17: Draft Venturing Crew Annual Plan

Chart 18: Five-Month Plan

Chart 19: Open House Sample Agenda

Chart 20: What's Next?

Chart 1

BSA MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

Chart 2

THEVENTURING OATH As a Venturer, I promise to do my duty to God and help strengthen America, to help others, and to seek truth, fairness, and adventure in our world.

THE VENTURING CODE As a Venturer, I believe that America's strength lies in our trust in God and in the courage, strength, and traditions of our people.

I will, therefore, be faithful in my religious duties and will maintain a personal sense of honor in my own life.

I will treasure my American heritage and will do all I can to preserve and enrich it.

I will recognize the dignity and worth of all humanity and will use fair play and goodwill in my daily life.

I will acquire the Venturing attitude that seeks the truth in all things and adventure on the frontiers of our changing world.

Venturing Crew

Stand-alone unit Can be coed-ages 14-20

Venturing Oath and Code

Youth officers:

• President

• Administrative vice president

• Program vice president

• Secretary

• Treasurer

• Activity chairs

Advancement:

• Five Bronze awards

• Gold Award

• Silver Award

• Ranger Award

• Quartermaster Award

Venturing's Unique Place in the Boy Scouts of America

Venture Patrol Scout Troop

Optional older-boy .. Stand-alone unit patrol of a troop Boys-ages 11-17

Ages 13-17

Same as Boy Scouts • Boy Scout Oath, Law, slogan, motto

Venture patrol leader • Senior patrol leader Assistant patrol leader Assistant senior patrol leader

Patrol leader Assistant patrol leader Scribe, instructor, historian,

troop guide, librarian, quartermaster, den chief

Chaplain aide Junior assistant Scoutmaster

Same as Boy Scouts Eagle, Ufe, Star, First Class, Second Class, Tenderfoot, Scout

Varsity Team

Stand-alone unit Boys-ages 14-17

Same as Boy Scouts

Captain Co-captain Squad leader Program managers

Same as Boy Scouts Varsity letter

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Charter Agreement To Organize A Venturing Crevv

Chartered Organization Chartered organizations support their crews in three major ways, by providing 1. A program inventory of adults who are willing to provide program

help with hobbies, skills, careers, facilities, and ideas 2. Adult leaders who organize the program inventory and serve as

Advisors to the crew's elected youth leaders 3. Meeting facilities

Venturing Crew The Venturing crew is a youth-led organization that recruits members, elects officers, and plans programs based on the organization's program inventory. Adult Advisors provide training and guidance for the crew's elected officers.

BSA Local Council The BSA local council recruits a volunteer Venturing committee and assigns staff members to provide the following services for the chartered organization's crew. 1. Leadership training for adult and elected officers 2. Guidance on how to organize a crew and keep the program going

successfu Ily 3. Methods for recruiting Venturers, including an interest survey of

local high school students 4. Regular communication with each crew to provide program support 5. Use of council facilities such as camps and equipment 6. Planning of councilwide activities that enrich the crew's program 7. Liability insurance coverage

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The Methods Of Venturing

The aims of the Boy Scouts of America are to build character, develop citizenship, and foster personal fitness. The Venturing methods have been carefully designed to achieve the aims of the Boy Scouts of America and meet the needs of young adults.

1. Adult association Youth officers lead the crew. The officers and activity chairs work closely with adult Advisors and other adult leaders in a spirit of partnership. Adults serve in a shadow leader capacity.

2. leadership All Venturers are given opportunities to learn and apply proven leadership skills. A Venturing crew is led by elected crew officers. The Venturing Leadership Skills Course is designed for all Venturers and helps to teach in an active way to effectively lead.

3. Recognition Recognition comes through the Venturing advancement program and through the acknowledgment of a youth's competence and ability by peers and adults.

4. Ideals Venturers are expected to know and live by the Venturing Oath and Code. They promise to be faithful in religious duties, to treasure their American heritage, to help others, and to seek truth and fairness.

5. Group activities Venturing activities are interdependent group experiences in which success is dependent on the cooperation of all. Learning by doing in a group setting provides opportunities for developing new skills.

6. High adventure Venturing's emphasis on high adventure helps provide team-building opportunities, new meaningful experiences, practical leadership application, and lifelong memories to young adults.

7. Teaching others All of the Venturing awards require Venturers to teach what they have learned to others. When they teach others, Venturers are often better able to retain the skill or knowledge that they have taught. They gain confidence in their ability to speak and relate to others and they acquire skills that can benefit them for the rest of their lives as a hobby or occupation.

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Adolescent Development Issues

1. Experimentation Venturers want to try out life! They want to experience a variety of social roles t responsibilities, values t and personalities. This can include risk-taking.

2. Movement from dependence to interdependence Venturers are moving away from being dependent on parents, teachers, and other adults (including Advisors) and moving toward becoming interdependent with them.

3. Social relationships Quality social interaction with others is as important for Venturers' health and well-being as it will be at any other time in their lives. The significance of their identity and experiences is in large part created by their social relationships.

4. Physiological changes and sexual maturity Venturers are experiencing great physiological changes that influence their relationships with each other and with adults.

5. Reevaluation of values Venturing-age youth are capable of thinking critically and analytically about their personal, family, and social values, making it possible for them to see inconsistencies in our values and leading to the search for opportunities for commitment to new values.

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Typical Crevv Organization Chart

Venturers

Crew President

First Viee.President

(AdminiSttaiton)

Se~n<l Vice Ei'mder¢

(Program)

Crew Membersnip

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Adult Advisors

Advtsor

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AssoCiate· A~isor r+

(Admir1islrjitiQri )

Adult Committee

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CreW, CQmri:llttflj~ " 'ChsiH< .' ';.' ;'.

Crew Committee Members

: Activity t~ _______ --------......._I : Chairs I t L ____________ ..1

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Hovv to Conduct a Reflection

We can make our experiences more meaningful and effective if we reflect on them. In Venturing, reflection is simply the process of the Venturers talking about their experiences immediately afterward.

Reflection provides an opportunity for everyone in the group to have input into what happened. Unless we plan times during which everyone gets a chance for input, it is possible that those individuals who are less assertive or confident might never say anything, even if they have valuable insights.

Reflection is best accomplished by asking open-ended questions such as IIw hat;' "how;' IIw hen;' and "where:' In reflection there are no right or wrong answers. Ask questions about the good things first, like ,IIWhat was good about the way decisions were made?" or "What did the group do well?"Then you can ask about improvement: "What was the problem with the way you were communicating?" or JlWere there any problems with what happened?" This is the evaluation part of reflection.

In the Venturing Leadership Skills Course, reflection is also used as an opportunity for teaching and instruction.

All participants should be reminded of the ground rules of reflection:

1. No putdowns allowed; every response is welcome and valid.

2. The person conducting the session should not show disapproval of a response or a person, either verbally or nonverbally.

We should conclude reflecting time by asking questions that involve setting goals. Ask: JlWhat skills did we use today that we should continue to use?" or "Is there anything we did that we should stop doing?"

Chart 9

Synergism Module 3-Knots

Learning Objectives

Materials Needed

Activity

At the end of this session, each participant should be able to:

• Understand the need for cooperation in group problem-solving situations

• Feel successful in accomplishing a difficult task

None

Have the group divide into circles (circles should have no fewer than six and no more than 16).

Participants should face each other in a tight circle.

To begin the activity, each person holds out his or her right hand and grasps the right hand of someone in the circle, as if they were shaking hands. This should be done in unison.

Now have each person extend his or her left hand and grasp the left hand of someone else in the circle so that each person is holding two different hands.

This hand-in-hand configuration should come out equal. With hands tightly held, arms intertwined and bodies close together, it's time to explain the problem.

The group then attempts to unwind themselves into a hand-inhand circle. In order to accomplish this they will be stepping over, between, and around each other.

Reflection

The initial hand-to-hand contact cannot be broken during the exercise. Hand connections may pivot on one another, but skin contact may not be lost.

If a group has been struggling with a "knot" for longer than your session has time, decide by group consensus which pair of hands should separate and reg rip.

Sometimes these human knots will produce two or three distinct circles, and sometimes they will be hopelessly intertwined. Be flexible; the teamwork lesson in this activity is worth the effort. If a group quickly solves their knot, have them make a new one.

Observe the group dynamics to help in specific questions during reflection.

When all the groups have completed untying their knots, assemble for a reflection.

Ask: Did you feel frustrated at any time during this activity?

Did someone emerge as the leader? Who? Why?

Was the leader effective in solving the problem?

Was cooperation necessary to achieve success?

How does this activity relate to problem solving in your crew?

END OF SESSION

VENTURING·BSA

Venturing Advancement

Bronze Awards

• Arts and Hobbies

• Outdoor

• Sea Scouting (Ordinary Award)

• Sports

• Youth Ministries

Gold Award

Requires achievement of at least one of the five Bronze awards plus other specific requirements

Ranger Award

Requires achievement of the Outdoor Bronze Award plus other specific requirements

Silver Award

Requires achievement of the Gold Award plus other specific requirements

Quartermaster Award

Requires achievement of Apprentice, Ordinary, and Able rank requirements plus other specific requirements

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10 Points

20 Points

30 Points

40 Points

Venturing Advancement Game

Silver Award

Maya Venturer earn all five Bronze awards?

How does the Venturing Leadership Skills Course relate to the Silver Award?

Must a crew review be conducted for all Venturing awards?

Which award requires participation in two Ethical Controversies?

Ranger Award

How many of the 18 electives must a Venturer complete to earn the Ranger Award?

How does the Outdoor Bronze Award relate to the Ranger Award?

Who may sign off on requirements and electives on the score sheets in the Ranger Guidebook?

Explain how a Venturer can receive multiple credit and/or past credit for work done as a Boy Scout.

Quartermaster

Name the three ranks a Sea Scout must earn before Quartermaster.

Explain how Sea Scout advancement is related to the Bronze Award.

What percentage of a ship's meetings must a Sea Scout attend to achieve Sea Scout ranks?

Describe the relationship between the Quartermaster service project and the Eagle service project.

General Questions

True or false: Venturers may work toward the Ranger and Silver awards at the same time.

Must a Boy Scouts of America advancement report be completed to receive Venturing awards?

Maya male Venturer pursue the Boy Scout Eagle rank?

Name the Venturing leadership positions a male Venturer may apply toward Eagle.

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Venturing Advancement Game Ansvvers

Silver Award 10 Points Yes-Venturers may earn their specialty Bronze Award or all five Bronze awards. (Venturing Leader Manual, page 5)

Silver Award 20 Points Completion of the Venturing Leadership Skills Course is a requirement to achieve the Silver Award. (Venturing Leader Manual, page 8)

Silver Award 30 Points No-Only the Gold and Silver awards require a crew review. (Venturing Leader Manual, pages 267, 269)

Silver Award 40 Points The Silver Award requires participation in two Ethical Controversies. (Venturing Leader Manual, page 271)

Ranger Award 10 Points In addition to the eight core requirements, a Venturer must complete at least four of the 18 electives. (Ranger Guidebook, page 3)

Ranger Award 20 Points The Outdoor Bronze Award is half of the requirements for the Ranger Award: four core requirements and two electives. (Venturing Leader Manual, pages 253, 260)

Ranger Award 30 Points Once you have completed a requirement, have your Advisor or the consultant who worked with you on your requirement initial and date your Ranger Guidebook. (Ranger Guidebook, page 4)

Ranger Award 40 Points

Quartermaster 10 Points




General Advancement 10 Points




Read the Multiple Credit and Past Credit paragraphs on page 4 of the Ranger Guidebook.

Apprentice, Ordinary, and Able. (Sea Scout Manual, pages 85 to 93)

The Sea Scout Bronze Award is half of the Quartermaster Award. (Venturing Leader Manual, page 253)

A Sea Scout must attend 75 percent of the ship's meetings for the Ordinary, Able, and Quartermaster ranks. (Sea Scout Manual, pages 85 to 96)

You must use the Eagle Scout service project workbook in meeting this requirement. (Sea Scout Manual, page 93)

True (Venturing Leader Manual, page 253)

Yes (Here's Venturing: A Guide to Implementing Venturing in a District or Council, page 32)

Yes-Any male Venturer who has achieved the First Class rank as a Boy Scout in a troop or as a Varsity Scout in a team may continue to work toward the Star, Life, and Eagle awards while a Venturer up to his 18th birthday. (Venturing Leader Manual, page 329)

Leadership requirements may be met by the Venturer serving as president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer in his crew, or as boatswain, boatswain's mate, yeoman, purser, or storekeeper in his ship. (Venturing Leader Manual, page 329)

Chart 13

Crevv's Program Planning Process

A. Conducted by the crew officers before the crew officers' seminar (annual planning retreat):

1. Program capability inventory This inventory should be conducted by the crew committee and adult Advisors. List as many people as possible who are associated with the crew. Find out their vocations, hobbies, skills, interests, and contacts.

2. Venturing activity interest survey The PCI shows what a crew can do. Now, find out what the youth members want to do. Survey the youth members at a crew meeting and tally the results. The crew officers should design this survey.

3. Brainstorm Brainstorm to bring out ideas that might not be on the survey. (See "How to Brainstorm" in the IIHow-To Section" of the Venturing Leader Manual.) Sometimes the most creative activities are suggested this way. The brainstorming should involve the total crew membership.

B. At the crew officers' seminar (annual planning retreat):

4. Match Venturing activity interests with resources Match the Venturing activity interests survey results with the program capability inventory. Where a suggested Venturing activity matches a resource from the PCI, you have a possible program. The crew committee will need to recruit other resources for the remainder of the Venturing activity interests. The Ranger Guidebook and the Venturer Handbook can provide many crew program ideas.

5. Fill in the gaps The crew officers may feel that an activity should be included to better balance the crew program. These can now be added.

6. Schedule the activities List each activity on the crew's calendar. Watch out for possible conflicts with other dates.

C. After the crew officers' seminar:

7. Select Venturing chairpersons and adult consultants An interested and capable Venturer is appointed to serve as chairperson for each activity and is assisted by an adult consultant from the PCI.

8. Follow-up is vital! Assume nothing!

Chart 14

PROGRAM CAPABILITY INVENTORY

Venturing Crew No. ___ Organization

Instructions Each year our Venturers need adult volunteers to serve as Advisors. program consultants. and helpers with transportation. chaperoning, counseling, and planning.

We would like to know in which areas of interests, hobbies, or contacts you would be willing to help our Venturers.

(Please complete.)

If Ihey decide 10 call on you for help, an appoinlmenl will be made wilh you well in advance.

Thank you for your willingness to assist our Venturers and please return this PCI form 10: ______ _

Date: ______ _

Name ____________________________________ __

Address

City _____________________ 8Iale _____ ZIP ____ _

Phone (horne) _______________ (business) _____________ _

Occupation _______________ _ Posilion _______________ _

Yes! I would be willing to help in the areas designated below:

Hobbles AND SKILLS Backpacking _ Canoeing __ Equestrian __ Baskelball COACHING First Aid Bicycling Cookin9_ Fishing_ Bowiin9_ COUNSELING Marksmanship _ Camping __ CREATING Mountaineering _ Caving Divlng_ ORGANIZING

MEMBERSHIPS

Please list your clubs, associations, fraternal groups, etc.:

Orienteering Sailing_ TRAINING Outdoor Living Scuba Diving Water Skiing _

HistofY_ Shooting __ Other Photography _ Snow Skiing _ PROMOTING Softball PUBLIC SPEAKING Swimming_

CONTACTS

Please list people that you would be willing to ask to share their careers, hobbies, or skills:

SPECIAL PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

I have a station wagon _ van _ or truck_.

I have a workshop.

.......... I have family camping gear _ RV _ or pop-up camper _.

I can make contacts for spadal trips and activities.

I have access to a cottage camping property _.

or

I have access to a boat _ or airplane ___ ,

I can help with leadership skills.

I can help WIth ----''''ea='= .. ::-';'''nf=onn=.'''fior;=)-----

I can help With .. (Vocational information)

I can help with community service projects.

I can help with fund-raising proJects.

Chart 15

Venturing Activity Interest Survey

Complete the following. Your responses will be used to help develop the program of activities throughout the year, so it is very important that you provide complete responses.

Name: ----------------------------------------------------------Date: __________________________________________________________ _

1. What specific interests do you have that you would like to see our crew pursue during this

year? ________________________________________________________ _

2. Do you have any ideas or suggestions for activities that would address these interests?

3. Consider for a moment the six experience areas (citizenship, service, leadership, social, out-

door, and fitness). How would your interests fit into any of these areas? ____________ __

Chart 15

Venturing Activity Interest SurveyAlpha List

Please check those activities, tours, projects, and seminars that you would like the crew to plan as part of its program for the year.

__ Airport tour __ Auto mechanics

Automobile plant/dealership Backpacking Barbecue party Beach party Bike hike Block party

__ Bowling Buy a car, how to Camping trip

__ Canoeing

Car wash Career clinic Cave exploring Child care Christmas party Civil defense College or university visit College panel discussion Communications Community cleanup activity Conservation project Cooking Court session Cruise, sailing Cycling/mountain biking Dance Diet and nutrition Disabled citizens, assistance to Drug abuse/alcoholism Easter egg hunt for children Emergency preparedness Family picnic Family sports day Fashion show Fire safety

Fishing __ Recognition dinner __ Gourmet cooking __ Recycling center __ Government official Shooting sports meet __ Halloween party River rafting

Ham radio __ Road rally Hiking trail cleanup __ Rock climbing/rappelling History, study the town's __ Sailing History, trace family __ Saving money Hobby smorgasbord Scholarships

__ Horseback riding Scuba __ Hunter education Senior citizens, assistance to

Ice-skating party _ Skating __ Industry, local __ Ski weekend

Intercrewactivities Slide show, plan a __ Job interviewing skills Snorkeling/scuba diving __ Leadership skills Spaghetti dinner __ Lifesaving, swimming __ Sports medicine __ Military base trip Sports safety __ Morality, ethics Sports tournament

Mountaineering State capitol, visit Movies Summer jobs clinic

__ Music listening __ Swim meet __ Newsletter writing Swimming party

Orientation flight __ Television station __ Orienteering __ Tennis clinic

Outdoor living history Train trip Pancake breakfast/supper United Way, support the Parents' night __ Watercraft

__ Part-time jobs clinic __ Waterskiing __ Photography __ Weather bureau

Physical fitness Planetarium

__ Plants and wildlife Play, produce a Power station Progressive dinner Project COPE Public speaking

Wilderness survival Winter camping trip

__ Winter sports _ Other _______ _

August

• Open house planning

meeting

• Superactivity critique

and party

December

• Christmas party

April

Annual Program Flovv

September October

• Second open house planning • Crew officers' briefing and

meeting crew officers' seminar

• Open house • Program planning conference

• Conduct PCI

• Conduct crew interest survey

January February

• Parents' night

May June

November

March

July

• Superactivity

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Draft Venturing Crevv Annual Plan

The following suggestions are designed for a Venturing crew affiliated with a religious organization's youth group.

September • New members open house • Elect officers • Conduct PCI with adults • Conduct activity interest survey with youth • Leadership skills course section 1: "Vision" • Youth Ministries Bronze Award requirement 3(a): Plan and lead a service project

October • Leadership skills course section 2: "Communication" • Crew officers' seminar (annual planning retreat) • Halloween party for disabled children • Youth Ministries Bronze Award requirement 2(d): Participate in a discussion about

cultural diversity

November • Leadership skills course section 3: "Organization" • Finish Standard First Aid course (Red Cross) • Youth Ministries Bronze Award requirement 1: Begin work on religious award

• Pizza party

December • Youth Ministries Bronze Award requirement 6: Produce an entertainment production

with a religious or ethical theme and perform at a retirement home

• Holiday party

January • View Youth Protection: Personal Safety Awareness videotape

• Career night-The world of computers (Lisa Jones)

• Leadership skills course section 4: "Synergism"

February • Silver Award requirement 5{a}: Participate in two Ethical Controversies • Career night-Medical careers (Dr. Billings) • Ski trip- Venturing Leader Manual, chapter 8

March • Indoor swimming party • Community service project • Career night-Law enforcement careers (Officer Johnson)

April • IsThere Life After High School?-Career counselor (Mrs. Harris) • Photography- Venturing Leader Manual, chapter 7 (Jim Herrick) • Video and ice cream party

May • Cycling- Venturing Leader Manual, chapter 8 (Pro Cycle Shop) • Silver Award requirement 5(b): Create and conduct an Ethics Forum • Awards night-Religious, Bronze, Gold, Silver, Ranger

June • Sailing or rock climbing- Venturing Leader Manual, chapter 8 • Service project to benefit the religious organization

July • Whitewater activity- Venturing Leader Manual, chapter 8

August • Religious retreat- Youth Ministries Bronze Award requirement 5

Chart 18

Five-Month Plan

Venturing Crew 582 April-August 1999

(This Venturing crew is closely affiliated with Boy Scout Troop 582.)

April 10

April 12

April 23-25

April 26

April 30-May 2

May 10

May 21-23

May 24

June 7

June 18-21

July 3-19

August 13-22

Ranger requirement-Leave NoTrace requirements (a) and (b)

Crew meeting-Ranger winter sports elective requirements 1 and 2

Downhill ski trip

Crew meeting-Ranger watercraft elective requirements 1; 3(b); and 5(a), (c), (d), (e), and (f)

Whitewater rafting trip

Crew meeting-practice camporee skills

District camporee with Boy Scouts

Crew meeting-Ranger backpacking elective requirements 2(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e); and 3(a) and (b)

Crew meeting-Ranger backpacking elective requirements 3(c); 4(a) and (d); 5(a) and (b); and 7(a), (b), and (c)

Backpacking trip-Philmont warm-up

Philmont Scout Ranch trek

Skagway-Klondike Gold Rush trip

Chart 19

Open House Sample Agenda 1. Before the Meeting

The open house committee arrives at least one hour before the open house. All other crew members arrive at least half an hour before the open house. All hands-on activities are set up at least half an hour before the open house. All equipment such as VCRnv, welcome kit, name badges, sign-in roster, registration table, etc., are set up at least half an hour before the open house.

2. Greeting Have signs in the parking lot directing guests to the entrance. Have greeters outside the entrance and just inside the entrance. Have greeters at all turns and at the door to where your open house is held. Once guests are inside, all crew members are greeters.

Greeters

3. Hands-On Activity/lcebreaker Ask everyone to take a seat.

Hands-On Committee Open House Chair or

Crew President

4. Welcome The crew president welcomes everyone and introduces crew officers and Advisors.

5. What Is Venturing and the Purpose of a Crew? Consider creative ways to have your crew officers and/or members explain what Venturing is and what a crew does. Tell about program planning, officers, leadership opportunities, the Venturer/Advisor relationship, etc.

6. About Our Crew Also in a creative way, share what you think your crew is and some of the activities your crew has done. This could be slides or a video of what you have done. Share your future plans for trips, activities, and your superactivity.

7. Questions and Answers Give potential members and their parents an opportunity to ask questions.

8. Advisor's Comments The crew Advisor wraps up any area not properly addressed earlier and talks about adult supervision and adults' role in the crew. He or she invites parents to talk further during the registration process.

9. Invitation to Join Invite visitors to join. Explain registration costs, insurance, the code of conduct, crew policies and bylaws, and other pertinent crew information. Explain line by line how to complete the registration form. Tell new members to turn in registration forms and fees to the crew secretary at the registration table during the hands-on activities.

10. Hands-On Activities Again and Registration Process This is another opportunity for potential members to experience a little of what you do. At the same time, they can register at the registration table.

11. Refreshments Refreshments are optional, but often popular. They could be pizza, ice cream, cookies, soft drinks, etc. Have them at the same time as the hands-on activities or whenever else you want.

Crew President

Crew Officer

Crew Officer

Crew President

Crew Advisor

Crew President

Crew Members Crew Secretary

All

12. Cleanup Cleanup Committee

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What's Next? (Ninety-Day Action Plan)

Review your notes and thoughts while attending this training course. While the experience is fresh in your mind, transfer specific ideas to this gO-day action plan.This list of goals will help you apply what you've learned and help create a more successful Venturing crew.

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